The Present study was undertaken in Baghpat and Ghaziabad district of Western U. P. based on high and low productivity of major crops in the year 2006-07. Two blocks from each of these two districts were selected randomly for the study in total 240 respondents from Ghaziabad and Baghpat district each were interviewed. It was observed during the survey that sugarcane and wheat are the predominant cropping system in these two districts of western Uttar Pradesh. Marketing and cost factor are major socio-economic constants for diversification of forming system towards vegetables, fisheries, piggery, poultry etc. Diversification of agriculture through high value enterprises implies shifting from low value food/non food crops and allied activities to high value food/non food crops and allied enterprises in the agriculture. It means switching over from local to high yielding varieties with integration of high paying enterprises such as horticulture, aquaculture, apiculture, sericulture live stock, poultry etc.
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